XP Remains World's Second Most Popular Operating System

San Francisco, CA & Dublin, Ireland; Wednesday 2nd April 2014:
With less than a week to go before Microsoft pulls the plug on general
support for Windows XP, it remains the second most popular operating
system in the world in terms of internet usage, according to the latest
data from StatCounter, the independent website analytics company.

The company's research arm, StatCounter Global Stats
finds that in March, Windows 7 was the global leader on 54.7% while XP
remains in second place on 18.6%, more than double Mac OS X (all
versions) on 8.6%.
"Despite the stark warnings and publicity surrounding the end of
support in six days' time, it appears that significant numbers of people
are still using XP and sleep walking into a potential minefield of
security and virus risks," commented Aodhan Cullen, CEO, StatCounter.

StatCounter (www.statcounter.com),
an independent web analytics specialist, is used by companies,
bloggers, self-employed people, charities and anyone who wants to
measure activity on their website, blog or forum. Key features include
ease of use, independence and ability to view website data in real time.

StatCounter members can learn about visitors to their site with
essential statistics such as incoming traffic (i.e. how visitors are
finding the site), downloads (e.g. which brochures are being accessed)
and exit links (i.e. which links people click as they leave the site).
StatCounter Global Stats data is based on over 15 billion page views
per month to the StatCounter network of more than three million
websites.